The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-28
Local and State Notes.


The earnings of the L., n. A. & G. in the
bhrd week of July show increase CORE
)ponding period of 1886 of $500.
The Pennsylvania. the Baltimore e. Ohio and
the Lake Shore all short of rolling stock to
move the traffic offered at Chicago.
The Wabash Western shows increase of
earnings in the third week of July over earnings
corresponding week, 1886, of $39, 000
J. III. Woodland, who represents the Wabash on
she Pacific coast. is one of the syndicate which
proposes to build the San Francisco. Clearwater
& Humboldt road.
Stock of the c., p. & D. was offered at 135
and could fnd no buyers. Thirty days ago it
BOLD readily at 150
The Lake Erie 6 Western company has con
tracted for fine bridge across White river at
Noblesville, and another the Macowa river
on the Peoria extension. Both to be iron
structures of the most approved pattern.
r. G. Butler has been appointed commercial
agent of the Wabash Western in charge of the
the Detroit, Butler and Eel River divisions.
Vis headquarters will be Detroit. S. H. Dan
ais has been appointed livestock agent of the
same road with headquarters at Kansas City.
\ special meeting of the directors of the
louisville, Evansville e. ST. Louis road has been
called for Aug. 81 when important matters
are to come up for consideration The advisa-
bility of bnilding certain extensions which will
make valuable feeders for the road will be
yidered.
g. L. Rising declines accept the position of
commissioners of the Chicago Freight Bureau,
and l.. g. Cannon. of this city, is prominently
msnt oned for the position. The Chicago
Freight Bureau could not well make a better
choice, as Mr: Cannon IS wellversed in freight
matters, and stands high with the railroad
fraternity.
An engineer on the Wabash who runs be-
tween Danville and Springfield, carries on his
cab q pet cat every trip. Ordinarily the cat sits
perched up in the cab window. but occasionally
strolls out on the pilot. The engineer says he
has had good luck since the animal became a pet
IN the cab
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superior officials on the economical and smooth
manner he is operating the divisions of the
Pennsylvania Company under his control Trains
run with regularity and exem ption from
accident which have been very gratifying and
in all departments the service is up to the high
est standard.
The l. & St l.. company raising what is
known as the Wabash river trestle near Terre
Hate, four feet that they may have
trSuble from high water. The fill between the
bridge and the treste and the western approach
to the trestle be raised to correspond.
1t is quite undertaking. and will be a val
liable Improvement
The Burlng ton-Waba Traffic Association
goes to pieces on the first of August. This pool
was organized in 1882 and fourished like a
green bay tree until the new law came along
and rendered its service useless j. Il. Ripley is
highly complimented on the manner he has
handled the pool affairs and will probably soon
drop into some other good position.
Albert Fink. chairman of the Trunk Lines As
ISOLATION. sailed for Europe yesterday. He will
be absent until Dec. 1, if the presi-
dents of the trunk lines behave we'll enough to
admit of his being out of the country that long
His salary, $4,000 year, is to go on the same
ms if he was here. Lieutenant Guilford will look
after his duties during his absence
A disposition is shown by the management Of
the c., l., St. L. & @. and the Ohio e. Mississippi
road to work more tremendously at Cincinnati,
and it is highly propable that within the next
twelve months the two roads will be using
Jointly double track between the Grand Central
depot and Sekitan, a distance of thirteen miles,
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trains greatly. To do this change of the o. e.
NJ tracks will need be made for some distance,
but the expense attached to the Improvement
would be, comparatively speaking light
The Mackey syndicate. which proposed to
build road from Evansville to Richmond and
eventually on to Dayton, Ohio have been very
quiet of late but are patiently waiting for the
opposition TO granting the right of way through
several OF the townships to die out. 1t is under
stood that the syndicate can. whenever they
are ready to commence building place the bonds
with which they propose to raise the money to
build the road Several subsidies have been
voted which will give tie enterprise quite lift
The shipments of east bound freight from
Chicago. last week, amounted 81, 608 tons,
against %, LAG tons in the corresponding week of
1856. The Vanderbilt lines carried 46 per cent
of the business, yet the Pennsylvania lines
not disposed to allege that the New York Central
ia cutting rates because it happens to carry a
larger tonnage than it has been carrying for
some weeks past The c., l., St L. d G. did
not earn its allotment, carrying but g. per cent.
but in weeks past it has been Carrying more
than its share.
Work on the new Union railway station drags
1t is said there has not been n time since the
first stone Of the foundation was laid that some
portion of the work has not been waiting for
enateriai Now they are waiting for a certain
kind of cap-srone and different pattern of brick
for the arches windows Had the GO
aheadativeness been displayed on this work that
is shown by the contractors who are making the
improvements on PoRue's run, the structure
would now have been under roof As matters
now move it is doubtful If the building will be
ander roof before the holidays.
II is stated that the business at the outside
local Offices South Illinois street has thus far
this year fallen 30 per cert. below the
sales OF tickets in the corresponding period of
1885 while the receipts for the sales of tickets
at the Union depot in the first half OF 1887 were
largely ahead OF the corresponding period last
year. This indicates that rates are better main
tanned now than formerly. and that travellers do
not profit by purchasing their tickets at tine out
side offices This remark. however. applies to
the Offices Sout;. Illinois street only, as the
uptown Offices all show a handsOmA in